sea hare
sea hare noun: any member of the order Aplysiamorpha or Anaspidea, large marine gastropod molluscs with a soft internal shell made of protein.
Noun
sea hare (plural sea hares)
- Any member of the order Aplysiamorpha or Anaspidea, large marine gastropod molluscs with a soft internal shell made of protein.
- Pliny saith that there are certaine Seahares in India that to us are poison, and we bane to them; so that we die if we but touch them; now whether is man or the Sea-hare poison?1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
sea hare meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese
sea hare in Tamil
- கடல்முயல்
sea hare in Vietnamese
- large marine gastropod mollusc
- thỏ biển, bún mẹ
Forms of sea hare
| plural | sea hares |
|---|---|
| alternative form | seahare |
| alternative form | sea-hare |
Origin of sea hare
From their marine habitat and a pair of rhinophores that resemble a rabbit's ears.
Questions about sea hare
- What does sea hare mean?
- Sea hare means any member of the order Aplysiamorpha or Anaspidea, large marine gastropod molluscs with a soft internal shell made of protein.
- What is sea hare in Tamil?
- Sea hare in Tamil is கடல்முயல். See Sea hare meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sea hare?
- Sea hare is a noun.
- What is the plural of sea hare?
- The plural of sea hare is sea hares.
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